"Lock 'em up": Attitudes toward punishing juvenile offenders(1)

Canadian Journal of Criminology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-212

  Baron, Stephen W ^a   Hartnagel, Timothy F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

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EID: 0030547856     PISSN: 07049722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/cjcrim.38.2.191     Document Type: Article

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